Lit from Within: Guest Nails - Anchors and Dragons!
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Guest Nails - Anchors and Dragons!

Hello, Fireflies!

You may recognize these guest hands by now!  My friend Jill and her daughter Toni are becoming regulars here on the blog!  I love having our girly visits and helping Toni get ready for a new week at school.

Jill still isn't smoking anything other than the e-cigarette, and her nails are looking better!  She wanted a French mani with Essie Shop Till I Drop as the base, and Ninja Polish Basilisk on the chevron tip.

French mani with Essie Shop Till I Drop as the base, and Ninja Polish Basilisk on the chevron tip

I love the way it looks, but I put the glitter on a little thick (over a thin layer of OPI Black Onyx) and some of her nails smudged before they could fully dry.  Always a lesson to be learned!

I put the glitter on over a thin layer of OPI Black Onyx

Toni asked for a replica of a sailor mani she had seen on Instagram.  I couldn't find the owner of the original, sadly.  It looked like they had used pieces of red tape over a white base, but I did the tape over a white base (Cult Nails Tempest), then painted the red (Sally Hansen Sacred Scarlet) over the tape.  The white stripes appear when you pull the tape off!  Like magic!

Toni asked for a replica of a sailor mani she had seen on Instagram

It was a lot of tape, and some of my lines weren't perfect, so she wanted to see what it looked like if I just painted red stripes.  You may notice I only did *one* nail like that, because she preferred it the original way.  I did clean up a little using a striping brush, though. 

 I did clean up a little using a striping brush, though

The blue is OPI I Saw..Warsaw, and I used a dotting tool and a striper to draw the anchor. 

OPI I Saw..Warsaw, and I used a dotting tool and a striper to draw the anchor

She loved it, and I got to do a mani I never would have attempted on my own.  I can't wait to see what she wants me to try next time!

2 comments:

  1. Both are lovely manicures! I especially love the nautical one :)

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    1. Thanks! I kinda like how it turned out, too - and it inspired me to play with striping tape more.

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